About - Good Shepherd Micro Finance Bank

About us

Who we are

The Good Shepherd Micro Finance Bank was licensed in 18^th July 2012 as a unit Microfinance Bank by Central bank of Nigeria and commenced business on 23^rd July 2012.

The Bank was set up by the Anglican Communion Enugu Diocese with other private investors in order to buy into the vision of Central Bank in poverty alleviation through providing access to financial services and Banking services for the less privileged, the poor, enhancing savings culture, empowering the economically challenged, improving living standards of the poor and creating wealth for the poor, small scale business men and women, low income group and small medium enterprises.

Enhancing Business generally for medium and small scale business men and women. Providing financial succour for salary earners to take care of their day to day financial needs like:

Payment of school fees for their children
Embarking on projects like land acquisition for personal homes and providing steady financing to develop such homes.
Generally to prepare salary earners for a comfortable retirement for active life.

The Difference

Why Choose Us

Our Mission

"We are committed to lifting customers’ living standards above poverty level through quality financial services and wealth creation".

Improving living standard above poverty level and wealth creation.

Our dream is to contribute very positively to improving the economic well-being of the poor, driving economic growth in the State as the poor are empowered to live above poverty level into becoming productive.

Hence, to increase access to financial services of the economically active poor by 10% annually.

Business/Financial advisory services for sustainability and growth for the less informed.

Providing synergy where it is possible to make their business more profitable.

Teaching and encouraging savings culture amongst the poor and unbanked rural dwellers.

Increasing accessibility to Microcredit by ensuring availability of funds and an annual growth of at least 25% thereby contributing to National target in growth in credit and GDP.

Recognizing that an economically empowered woman is an asset to the family and nation we will eliminate gender disparity through lending to women, ensuring growth of at least 20% annually.

Empowering active focused business customers to grow their business to a higher level.

Through these activities we shall provide credit, growth and sustainability for small medium enterprises creating more jobs. As Micro Businesses grow and women are economically empowered, the living standard in the homes improves, family wealth grows.

Our Vision

"To be the best people oriented Micro Finance Bank Alleviating Poverty, Creating Wealth". Our Bank will be people focused and oriented as our goal is :

To empower those who have viable businesses, good business ideas but have no access to funding from the mega Banks.

Fill the gap for lack of funding for viable SMEs.

Enhance economic empowerment for low to medium scale salary earners, (less stress for school fees etc.).

Grow Savings culture by enhancing savings mobilization in the rural areas and among the active poor and under banked.

Empower economically active women by contributing minimum of 25% annually of credit to women.

Our Core Value

Our culture and values will continue to be good corporate values, professional ethics, hinged on unquestionable integrity, openness and truth.

Our corporate value is to give succor to Households and enterprises made up of micro businesses, small and medium scale business, farmers, salary earners, medium and low income and medium enterprise, corporate bodies whose business will create jobs, for women and our Community.

This will be achieved through transparent practical effective professionalism with integrity hinged on the ethics of banking delivered with optimal operational efficiency resulting in rewards for all stake holders: customers, investors, Board, Staff and developmental growth generally in the banking sector and the State/Nation.

Our values are hinged on:

Transparency, respect and care for our customers through quality services.

Diligence, loyalty and commitment to the vision by our staff towards satisfaction of all stakeholders.

Respect for boundaries/procedures, processes, corporate governance and regulatory authorities CBN, NDIC, and any other.

Developing products that will meet the needs of the “active poor” and SMEs.

Corporate Values

GOOD

OPTIMUM

OPERATIONAL

DELIVERY

SUCCOUR TO

HOUSEHOLD

ENTERPRISES

PROFESSIONALISM

HINGED ON

ETHICS

REWARDS RESULTING IN

DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL

Benefits

Wealth Creation

We are committed to lifting customers’ living standards above poverty level through quality financial services and wealth creation. Providing synergy where it is possible to make their business more profitable. Teaching and encouraging savings culture amongst the poor and unbanked rural dwellers.

Microcredit Accessibility